- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
The Trump administration is preparing to designate transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, two national security officials tell me.
The Trump administration is preparing to designate transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, two national security officials tell me.
Y’know who was against trans rights? Harris.
How many times was I told that in August 2024. Many. Many many times.
Anyway, EPSTEIN FILES.
More and more I’m convinced that the general population doesn’t actually care about issues and will vote for their own destruction just to see something “interesting” happen.
This sounds like a critique of the right and liberal population, but it’s even worse in the leftist spaces where the only thing people can do is tear each other down, to complain about each other’s performatism or lack thereof, to act overly sensitive and create spectacle and drama over non-issues.
You are all the same creature and you need to be better aware of your biases and vulnerabilities, stop letting your cynicism and boredom with politics drive your engagement to self-destructive division.
I know I might as well be whispering into a hurricane here, but maybe some kid will read this and realize that his energy will be better spent organizing or supporting local candidates instead of leading protests against sports mascots or arguing with other leftists online if their profile is inclusive enough.
it’s an interesting point. and to get metaphysical with it, I think emotion creates events and the biggest emotion social media can seem to come up with is hate.
I’m not convinced that folks actually believed that she was against it per se. Maybe they said it errantly in passion or out of bad faith, IDK.
More that she was tepid on that front, willing to lose that without much fight.
But sure: Epstein files, for what gains you think they’ll make.
Well, I’ll say this: if they didn’t believe it, they were pretty good at faking it.
I think they really did believe it, and I think that’s because the “anti-trans Harris” sentiment was deliberately promoted as much as possible. And I think it helped elect trump.
Something no one who espoused that particular talking point wanted to hear.
And “here” we are.
EDIT: Let me add, when people go off on “Democrats lost the election by running a terrible candidate, don’t blame the voters” I think about this particular part. She wasn’t terrible. The voters fucked up.